Cigarette lighter



Dec. 15, 1931. ox 1,836,312

CIGARETTE LIGHTER Filed April 21, 1950 Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE M81415! 1:. rox, or arnnrric any, nnwmnsny,ASSIGNOR r sniar momma creaan'r'm conronarron or mnarca, a conrona'rronor mznawm crqannrrn LIGHTER Application filed April 21,

This invention pertains to a new, novel and practical cigarette lightingmeans designed to be attached to one end of a cigarette whereby thecigarette may be properly lighted 5 without the use of matches, or anyother independent lighting device. 7

The prime object of the invention is to provide simple, economicaland'thoroughly eflicient means attached to the end of a ciga- 10 rette,said means consisting of a pyrophoric element and an igniting element sodisposed in relation to each other as to prevent any danger ofaccidental ignition.

Another object of the invention is to so dispose my improvedlightingmeans with re lation to the cigarette as to prevent the tobacco fromfalling out, and-at the same time prevents the lighting material fromcontacting with the tobacco or extending into the body of the cigarette.

' Further objects of the invention are to so construct the novellighting attachment that a cap is suitably secured to the end of acigarette, said cap being provided with a series of small openings orperforations there through to facilitate draft and extending across thetop of the cap is an integral bridge piece carrying a coating on itsunderside of any suitable combustible or inflammable material, such asis commonly used in the head of a safety match; to provide ignitingstrip of suitable paper carrying a coating of any frictional material orchemical that will cause the combustible or inflammable material toignite when the said-frictional material comes in close moving contacttherewith, and to so dispose the bridge piece of the'cap at a definiteheight above the body portion of the cap that said cap forms a backingforthe 40 igniting strip to pass over and beneath the bridge piece, saidcap, bridge piece and ign'iting strip being so regulated and fixed as toinsure contact between the combustible or inflammable material carriedby the bridge piece and the frictional material carried on 1930. SerialNo. 446,023.

said strip when the lightin strip shallhave been properly manipulated orpulled over the cap and beneath the said bridge,.such operation oraction always producing the proper light for the cigarette. 5

The foregoing'and such other objects as may appear from the ensuingdescription are attained by the combination, arrangement, location andconstruction of the several parts hereinafter more fully described,illus- 5 trated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularlypointed out in the claims appended hereto, it being understood thatslight changes in the precise shape, proportions and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification itwill be seen that: 55

Figure 1 is a perspective of a cigarette showing the improved lightingmeans embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged inverted lan view showing the cigarette capmember efore be- 7 ing attached to a cigarette.

Figure 3 is an enlarged plan view showing the igniting strip removedfrom the cigarette.

Figure 4 is an enlarged top plan of Fig. l.

- Figure 5 is a cross-section taken in the plane of the dotted lines 55,Fig. 4, showing a portion of a cigarette broken away.

Figure 6 is a top plan of a slightly modified form of lighting means. V

Figure 7 is a cross section taken in the plane of the'dotted lines 77,Fig. 6, showin a portion of the body of a cigarette broEen away.

Figure 8 is a top plan of another slightly modified form of the lightingmeans, and

Figure 9 is a cross-section taken in the plane of the dotted lines 8-8,showing a portion of the body of a cigarette broken away.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated it will be seen thatthe numeral 2 9o designates a cigarette of any of the usual or wellknown formations, saidcigarette being provided at one end with a capmember 3 formed of paper or any other suitable material, preferably of anature that burns quickly, and may be impregnated with any material thatwill render it more combustible, said cap being provided with a seriesof openings or perforations formed therethrough to facilitate draft andexposed to the oxygen of the air, which is necessary to the properignition, the cap is slitted crosswise therethrough at 4 to form anintegral brid e piece 5, and an opposite disposed integral extension 6is formed at each side thereof adapted to be secured to the upper endbody portion of the cigarette by any suitable adhesive substance wherebythe cap is secured to the lighting end of the cigarette,said bridgepiece carrying a coating of any suitable or desirable pyrophoricmaterial 7 at the central portion of its underside.

The numeral 8 indicates the igniting strip formed from any suitablepaper having one end portion thereof provided with any desirablefrictional material 8, and its opposite end portion having a redcoloring material 9, applied thereto to designate the end intended to begrasped by the fingers to properly manipulate the strip, the said stripis properly fitted over the cap and under the bridge piece, each end ofthe strip extending to any suitable distance beyond each side of thebridge piece, with the end portion carrying the frictional orignitingmaterial being preferably folded upon itself against the upper endportion of the cigarette body.

The slightly modified form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 discloses the use of aca member 10 secured to the upper end of the body portion of a cigarettein any suitable manner, and to the upper face of said cap is securedpreferably by an adhesive the flattened ends 11, 11, of a bridge piece12, said bridge piece being formed with a slightly outwardly extendedcentral portion, the lower face of said central portion having a coatingof pyrophoric material fixedly applied thereto, while disposed under thesaid coating is an igniting strip 13 of the type hereinbefore described.

By reference to Figs. 8 and 9 of the drawings will be seen anotherslightly modified form of attachment consisting of a cap member 14provided with crosswise disposed slots 15 formed therethrough to form anoutwardly extended integral bridge piece 16 with its lower face coatedwith a pyrophoric material 17, and under the bridge piece and itscoating is disposed a suitable igniting strip 18 of the characterhereinbefore referred to.

It will be perceived that this particular form of cap member preventsimpregnating the tobacco with such chemicals as are used in forming thepyrophoric material carried by the bridge piece; that the body portionof the cap serves as a backing and sup- It will be readily evident thatthe end of the lighting strip intended to be grasped by the fingers maybe colored in red, or any other suitable color, and that said end may beextended to any suitable distance beyond the bridge piece and overhangthe upper end portion of the body of the cigarette if desired, ordisposed in an manner whereby it may be readily accessi le; that anoutward pull on the lighting strip will cause its outer end portioncarrying the frictional lighting material to unfold and slide into closemoving engagement with the pyrophoric material thereby producing theproper light for the cigarette, and since the cap member is formed ofhighly combustible material it burns quickly and drops off or burns upas soon as the cigarette is lighted.

From the construction shown by the drawings it is obvious to anyoneskilled in the art that the frequent lack of uniformity in the size andshape of cigarettes or the lack of sufficient smoking material to givepressure against the pull strip or other parts of this device will notprevent its ignition because all parts necessary to ignition are selfcontained in the assembled device and it will operate and igniteperfectly by pulling the strip even though it is not attached to acigarette or cigar. This feature permits the entire lighter to bemanufactured complete as a separate unit and it can be supplied tocigarette manufacturers completely assembled and ready to apply to theirproduct.

It is also obvious that because of the highly combustible material Whichcan be impregnated to make it more inflammable as heretofore described,the entire lighter will be completely burned up upon ignition thusleaving the end of the cigarette lighted but unobstructed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A cigarette lighter applied to the end of a cigarette, comprising acap secured to said cigarette, a bridge piece formed integral with thecap for holding a pyrophoric material upon its lower face, and aslidable igniting strip moved under the bridge and'forced into definitecontact with said pyrophoric material.

2. A cigarette lighter of the character described, comprising a capsecured to one end of the cigarette, a bridge piece carried by said caphaving pyrophoric material applied to its lower face, and a lightingstrip slid under the bridge into forced engagement with the pyrophoricmaterial.

3. A cigarette lighter, comprising a cap to 5 be secured to one end of acigarette, a bridge piece formed on said cap having pyrophoricmaterialapplied to its lower face, and a lighting stri dlsposed uponsaid cap and under the bri ge piece, said stri to be slidably pulledover the cap and into forced and definite contact with the lower face ofthe pyrophoric material.

4. A cigarette lighter of the character described, comprising a capmember applied to the end of a cigarette, a bridge piece formed uponsaid cap provided on its lower face with pyrophoric material, and alighting strip to e slid over said cap and under the brldge piece intoforced contact with said pyrophoric material.

5. A cigarette lighting device of the character described, comprising acap member formed with a securing extension at each side thereof, abridge piece formed with said cap having a coating of pyrophoricmaterial applied to its lower face, and a lighting strip sidinglydisposed over the cap and under said bridge to be slid into forcedcontact with the said pyrophoric material.

3 6. A lighting device of the character described, comprising a capmember fitted on the end of a cigarette and provided with a series ofperforations therethrough, a bridge piece forming apart of the upperface of said cap havin a pyrophoric material applied to its lower ace,and a lighting strip provided near one of its ends with frictionaligniting material and at its opposite end with a coloring material, saidstrip being slidingly disposed over said cap and under said bridge pieceto be slid into forced engagement with the pyrophoric material. 7. Aclgarette lighter comprising a cap of combustible material carried onthe end of the cigarette, said cap carrying pyrophoric materlal and apull strip of igniting material, and means carried by said cap forforcing the igniting material into definite frictional contact with thepyrophoric material when the strip is pulled.

8. A cigarette lighter consisting of a cap attached to the end of thecigarette and carrying pyrophoric material thereon and a pull strip ofigniting material, said cap also giving definite support to the saidpull strip to force same into positive frictional contact with thepyrophoric material when the strip is pulled, all these parts beingself-contained so as to permit assembly before attaching to thecigarette, the entire unit operating without depending upon the pressureof the tobacco or any part of the cigarette to produce ignition.

9. A self-contained ignition cap carrying pyrophoric material and anigniting pull

